X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB5BD7C74 for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:27:37 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51666-05 for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 15:27:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx1.surnet.cl (mx2.surnet.cl [216.155.73.181]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C946D8AC1 for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:27:32 -0300 (ADT) Received: from unknown (HELO cluster.surnet.cl) ([216.155.73.165]) by mx1.surnet.cl with ESMTP; 03 Sep 2005 11:27:24 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.96,165,1122868800"; d="scan'208"; a="5055881:sNHT28383576" Received: from alvh.no-ip.org (216.155.78.140) by cluster.surnet.cl (7.0.043) (authenticated as alvherre@surnet.cl) id 4317C6340002AFDA; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:27:31 -0400 Received: by alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BF512C2DC74; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:28:11 -0400 (CLT) Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:28:11 -0400 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Julian Scarfe Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Negative lookbehind assertions in regexs Message-ID: <20050903152811.GC7016@surnet.cl> Mail-Followup-To: Julian Scarfe , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org References: <001a01c5ac84$496fc750$1102a8c0@dream> <008901c5ac9b$31bb8b50$0600a8c0@Wilbur> <20050829162103.GA32443@wolff.to> <09d701c5b098$10afee50$0600a8c0@Wilbur> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <09d701c5b098$10afee50$0600a8c0@Wilbur> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.307 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.519, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE=0.374, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST=1.376, FORGED_RCVD_HELO=0.05, RCVD_IN_NJABL_PROXY=1.026] X-Spam-Level: ** X-Archive-Number: 200509/23 X-Sequence-Number: 22570 On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 03:59:18PM +0100, Julian Scarfe wrote: > Any plans for a Perl Compatible Regular Expression operator? > http://www.pcre.org/ Why have Perl-Compatible things when you can have Perl itself? Just use plperl. > Or are two regex operators enough? Only two? We have not only our own code, but also Perl's engine, Python's, Tcl's, and PHP's, available through the PLs. That's more than enough, I'd say. -- Alvaro Herrera -- Valdivia, Chile Architect, www.EnterpriseDB.com "I call it GNU/Linux. Except the GNU/ is silent." (Ben Reiter)